Wind-shield for vehicles.



110.349.2 12. PATBNTED APR. 2,-1907. Q

G. HUILLIBR.

WIND SHIELD FOR VEHIGLES- APPLIOATION FILED MAY 22, 1906.

wlnvfssks GEORGES HUILLIER, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

WIND-SHIELD FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed May 22,1906. Serial No. 318,2 L7.

To all whom, it many concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGES HUILLIER, a citizen of France, residing atParis, in the said Republic, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Wind-Shields for Vehicles, (for which I have obtained a patent inFrance, No. 355,485, bearing date June 23, 1905, to which is attached apatent of addition, No. 5,511, of November 28, 1905; in Great Britain,No. 19,135, September 21, 1905; in Belgium, No. 188,541, of December,1905, and in Spain, No. 37,276, of January 24, 1906,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object an arrangement of wind or weathershield applicable for all vehicles, and more particularly formotor-cars.

It comprises a very light glazed frame supported so as to be placed nearthe eyes of the driver or the passengers, or at least at a shortdistance from them, and is held either by the vehicle itself or by meansof two dismountable tubular uprights adapted to be fixed to thesplash-board by means of sockets, this glazed frame being preferablysuspended in an inclined position, so as to retain during the running ofthe car a slight oscillatory movement, the arrangement being completedby a protective curtain which is fixed, on the one hand, to the lowerpart of the frame and, on the other hand, tothe splash-board.

A. wind-shield arranged in accordance with the present invention isshown in the accompanying drawings as an example, Figure 1 being a' viewin lateral elevation; Fig. 2, a front elevation view with a partremoved.

In the drawings the same reference-letters indicate the same parts inthe two figures.

The apparatus comprises two uprights I), made of tube, fixed to thesplash-board a of the vehicle by means of sockets f, themselves attachedto this splash-board and in which they slidably fit, thus rendering thewhole arrangement dismountable. To the upper ends of the uprights b avery light glazed frame 0 is fixed by means of supports g. The axis ofthis frame is placed at the level of the line of vision, and the framemay even be arranged with its upper part sloping forward, as shown bythe dotted line in Fig. 1.

d is a curtain of thin cloth or other suitable material, by means ofwhich the windshield is completed at the point where it is unnecessaryto have a transparent body or substance. This curtain is attached, onthe one hand, to the glazed frame by small copper turn-buttons h and, onthe otherhand, to the splash-board by grooved nails Z or the like. Twosmall straps e, placed on each side and at the bottom of the curtain,hold it in the direction of its width.

The result of this method of construction just described is that theapparatus hereinbefore described is very easily dismounted, andconsequently easily separated from the vehicle when it is no longernecessary. In order to do this, it suffices to withdraw the tubes 7)from their sockets f after having first separated the curtain d from theframe 0.

It is quite evident that the method of attachment which has just beendescribed may be varied in the direction that in vehicles having aprojecting hood, for instance, the glazed frame may be easily attachedto the projection of the hood itself, and thus the suspension-bars bedispensed with. What is mainly important is essentially that the glazedframe shall be placed sufiiciently near the driver or the passengers,which is as well obtained by means of the suspension-rods as by anyother means of attachment. The position of the glass near the eyes ofthe driver or the passengers, or at least at asmall distance from them,(about forty centimeters from the face,) allows of the latter having amuch clearer view of objects than if this glass was farther away. Italso increases the field of vision comprised in the interior of theframe of the glass, which causes this frame no longer to be an obstacleto the view as in the ordinary glazed frames. It also allows of thedisagreeable drafts arising from the current of air to be avoided,because in this case the drafts pass behind the driver without affectingthe face, which is completely protected by the wind-shield. It is quiteevident that the glass constituting the windshield in no way needs tooscillate in order to obtain the result hereinbefore specified. Thus, ifdesired, it may be made rigid either by the method of attachment itselfor by locking the nuts at the point where they are hinged; but theresult of the fact that the glass may oscillate has the advantage, onthe one hand, that it may be inclined, allowing the travelers easyaccess, while, on the other hand, always preserving a slight oscillatorymovement it results that when it rains water never clings to the glass,but, on the contrary, mostly runs off, thus allowing a clear view,

of the glazed frame, so as to oscillate with the latter and its lowerend detachably secured to the splash-board.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of I 5 two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGES HUILLIER.

Witnesses:

JULEs FAYOLLET, EUGENE TIOHORN.

